Mac Suibhne

 ( Irish-language Masculine Surnames ) 

The Gaelic languages surname Mac Suibhne is a patronymic form of Suibhne and means "son of Suibhne". The personal name Suibhne means "pleasant".Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604.

Anglicised forms of Mac Suibhne include: McSeveney,Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1806; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604. McSeveny, McSween,Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1808. McSweeney, McSweeny, McSwiney,Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1808; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604. Sweaney,Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2604. Sween, Sweeney, Sweenie, Sweeny, Sweney,Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) pp. 2605, 2608. Swiney,Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) pp. 2607, 2608. Swinney,Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) pp. 2604, 2608. A lenited variant form of Mac Suibhne is Mac Shuibhne. Anglicised forms of the latter Gaelic name include: (possibly) Mawhinney,Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1726. McQueen,Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804. McQueeney, McQueenie, (possibly) McWhinney, Queen,Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) pp. 1804, 2192. Queeney, Wheen.Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016a) p. 1804; Hanks; Coates; McClure (2016b) p. 2876.

One particular family that has borne the surname Mac Suibhne is Clann Suibhne. Members of this Scottish family settled in Ulster as gallowglass warriors in the Middle Ages.

• Dubhghall mac Suibhne, 13th-century Argyllian magnate

• Aodán Mac Suibhne, 21st-century hurling referee
• Aodh Mac Suibhne, 16th-century Irish gallowglass
• Eóin Mac Suibhne, 14th-century Scottish nobleman
• Micheál Mac Suibhne, 18th-century poet
• Murchadh Mac Suibhne, 13th-century Argyllian magnate
• Suibhne MacAnrahan, brother to the High King of Ireland, who built Castle Sween in the late 11th century

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